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California Senate Bill 477 (2014)
| California State Bill 477 | |
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| Legislature: | California State Senate |
| Text: | SB 477 |
| Sponsor(s): | Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-6) |
| Legislative history | |
| Introduced: | February 21, 2013 |
| State house: | August 25, 2014 |
| State senate: | January 30, 2014, & August 27, 2014 |
| Governor: | Jerry Brown (D) |
| Signed: | September 28, 2014 |
| Legal environment | |
| State law: | Initiative and referendum law |
| Code: | Business and Professions Code |
| Section: | Section 9998 |
| Impact on initiative rights | |
 | Unavailable |
California Senate Bill 477 was introduced by Sen. Darrell Steinberg (D-6) in 2013. It was carried over to 2014, where the Senate approved it on January 20, 2014. The Assembly approved an amended version on August 25 and the Senate signed off on the changes two days later. Gov. Brown (D) signed the bill into law on September 28, 2014.
Provisions
Although the bill chiefly had to do with laws governing business and professions, Senate Bill 477 declared the intention of the legislature to enact a law that would prohibit a political campaign committee from accepting large contributions made for the purpose of supporting a statewide initiative ballot measure until the committee has first received a significant number of small individual contributions made for the same purpose.[1]
Changes in code
SB 477 actually amended and added sections to the California Business and Professions Code, but included the intention to draft legislation concerning contributions to initiative ballot measure campaigns at a later date.[1]
See also
- Changes in 2014 to laws governing ballot measures
- Laws governing ballot measures in California
- Laws governing the initiative process in California
- California State Assembly
- California State Senate
Footnotes
